Blithe Spirit By Noel Coward Comic PlayCharles is in need of help developing his new play. He decides to hold a sance and invite an eccentric medium Madam Arcati in order to help with his writing. His wife Ruth and friends are also involved in the evening. The evening is interrupted by the ghost of his jealous first wife. Blithe Spirit was published in 1941 and is know as one of Noel Coward most famous play's.